19890924066379A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Luscom 8A · Mackay, ID · September 24, 1989

Date
September 24, 1989
Place
Mackay, ID
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71756
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA89LA179
Reported as
Luscom 8A
Reported engine
Continental A658
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
167 total127 in this make and model19 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates pilot stalled into trees while turning at low altitude spotting elk for proposed hunting trip.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOT STALLED INTO TREES WHILE TURNING AT LOW ALTITUDE SPOTTING ELK FOR PROPOSED HUNTING TRIP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.